Deaths Mrs Arthur Ricker aged 70 in Saco
Mrs Arthur Ricker 70 of 21 Hutchins St Saco died yesterday in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born in Biddeford Aug 10 1901 she was daughter of Francois and Philomen Pelletier. Surviving are widower Arthur Ricker Sr son Arthur Ricker Jr three sisters two grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Monday Notre Dame de Lourdes Saco with burial at St Joseph Cemetery Biddeford. Friends may call at Cote Funeral Home tonight and tomorrow.
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Arthur
Marie Ange) Ricker
Hutchins St
Saco
Biddeford
Francois and
Philomen
Caron) Pelletier
Notre Dame de Lourdes
St. Ann’s Sodality
Arthur Ricker Sr
Arthur Ricker Jr
Schenectady
N.Y
Marie Jeanne Pelletier
Noella Walsh
North Carolina
Alice Smith
Miami
Fla
Gandchildren
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
St. Joseph Cemetery
Cote Funeral Home
James St
Gasoline Can In Garage Catches Fire in Biddeford
A gas can stored in a garage at 27 Graham St Biddeford caught fire recently. Biddeford firefighters used chemicals to control the blaze. Property owner Claudette Sheltra. no damage report or cause listed.
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Graham St
Biddeford
Claudette Sheltra
Biddeford Car Reported Stolen
Old Orchard Beach police report a light blue 1970 Simca owned by Joan Foran of Cole Road Biddeford stolen last night between 8 40 and 10 40.
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Old Orchard Beach
Joan Foran
Cole Road
Biddeford
Old Orchard Road
Bible Classes For Children Offered At Ocean Park
Vacation Bible School for ages five to 12 runs two weeks starting Monday under the Educational Bureau. Registration at 10 am in Porter Hall. Classes meet daily two hours each morning except July 4. A registration fee applies. Miss Joan Union of Woburn, Mass., leads with volunteer teachers assisting.
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Ocean Park
Educational Bureau
Porter Hall
Joan Union
Woburn
Mass
Mrs Earline Morgan Patient at Webber Hospital
Mrs Earline Morgan of 52 Locke Street Saco is a medical patient at Webber Hospital.
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Earline Morgan
Locke St
Saco
Webber Hospital
Newport Jazz Festival Opens in New York
The Newport Jazz Festival moves from Rhode Island after 17 summers to a nine day event in New York expected to attract over 100000 fans. Music from all eras of jazz will fill venues including the Staten Island Ferry Staten Island Philharmonic Hall Yankee Stadium Central Park and city streets.
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New York
Newport
Prayers Tonight for Mrs Arthur Ricker at Cote Funeral Home
Members of St. Ann s Sodality of Notre Dame de Lourdes in Saco will meet tomorrow at 7 PM at Cote Funeral Home 87 James St to say prayers for Mrs Arthur Marie Ange Ricker a sodality member. Corduroy originated as corde du roi meaning the king s cloth.
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St. Ann’s Sodality of
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Saco
Cote Funeral Home
James St. Saco
Arthur
Marie Ange) Ricker
Card of Thanks to Father Carrier and Webber Hospital Staff
Wilfred Morini thanks Father Carrier of Saco and the doctors and nurses of Webber Hospital for their kind care and cards during his recent stay, with gratitude to senior citizens, family, and friends.
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Father Carrier
Saco
Webber Hospital
Hospital
Funeral Home Contacts and Listings in Saco Area
The record lists funeral homes in Saco Maine with contact numbers including Dennett and Craig at 365 Main Street Tel 282 0562 EMONDs Funeral Home 284 5511 Frank X Emond J P Conroy SHUMWAY AND GROSS Funeral Service 35 Spring St Saco 284 5611.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennett & Craig
Main Street
Saco
Maine
Tel
Emond
Frank X. Emond
J. P. Conroy
Shumway and Gross Funeral Service
Spring St
Portland Weather Tonight and Sunday Outlook
Portland forecast calls for clear conditions in the southwest tonight with a chance of showers elsewhere. Lows in the 50s. Sunday expected fair to partly cloudy with highs in the 70s to low 80s.
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Portland
Church Youth Groups Schedule Across Surrounding Towns
The Methodist Youth Fellowship at Saco United Methodist meets tomorrow at 5 30 p m. Goodwins Mills United Methodist follows at 6 p m. Bible Club at Ferry Road Saco gathers 5 45 p m for study. Faith Pentecostal in Old Orchard Beach hosts a young people's service at 6 15 p m with an 7 30 p m revival. Advent Christian Church Route 35 holds Sunday 6 15 p m youth. Southice Church Kenne meets Monday 6 p m senior youth. Ly man Baptist Junior Choir rehearses Sunday 6 p m at Goodwins Mills. Mary’s Wells hosts grades through six Sunday after mass. Ogunquit Baptist Youth at 6 p m Sunday. Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union meets Sunday 6 p m. West Methodists meet Sunday 3 p m.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship of
The
Saco United Methodist Church
Goodwins Mills
Bible Club
the Bible Baptist Church
Ferry Road
Saco
Faith Pentecostal Tabernacle
Assembly of God
Atlantic Avne
Third Street
Old Orchard Beach
Youth Fellowship of the
Advent Christian Church
Route 35
Kennebunk Landing Free Christian Union Society
Yacht And Frigate Collide Off Brest
A French weather observation frigate named France II collided with the yacht Lefteria off Brest France. Eleven people were aboard Lefteria two women among them and four were rescued. Ships were diverted to assist in the search and rescue as the yacht sank about 350 miles southwest of Brest near the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
France
France II
Atlantic
Grant Awarded To St. Andre's Home in Biddeford Maine
A $15 000 community mental health grant funds expanded counseling at St. Andre's Home Maine's only residential facility for unwed mothers. The grant supports two new social workers group psychology training and ongoing treatment and counseling for residents many referred through the state department. The home serves about 160 women yearly with 29 residents at a time and offers schooling home economics crafts child care health and related services since 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
St. Andre’s
Biddeford
Gilbert Domingue
Department of Mental Health and Corrections
Department of Health and Welfare
Domingue
State Department
Maine
High Hope School
Judge denies Pentagon Papers dismissal motion in Ellsberg Russo case
Los Angeles AP The judge in the Pentagon Papers case denied the defense motion to dismiss based on jury selection concerns. He will hear more motions on other grounds to dismiss the indictments of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo. The trial is set to begin July 10 with jury selection to start soon.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
U.S
Elisberg
Russo
Rand Corp
Pentagon
Great Dane Owner Not Charged After Mercy Killings
Cumberland County prosecutors say a 31 year old Portland man mercy killed a Great Dane after a car strike near Route 9 in Falmouth and dumped the carcass in the Presumpscot River estuary due to burial costs. No criminal charges will be filed.
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Portland
Falmouth
Presumpscot
Cumberland County
Tidal Flats
Route 9
Boyle Seeks Re election After Conviction
Tony Boyle 64, convicted of Corrupt Practices Act violations and sentenced to five years in prison, will seek re election as president of the United Mine Workers of America. An aide says the union board endorsed his candidacy by acclamation despite his appeal. Boyle faces appeal and had offered to step down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W.A
Tony Boyle
United Mine Workers of America
Boyle
Hubert H. Humphrey
Rain Impacts Dairyman Crops For 1942 Start
Rain continues to flood fields forcing a local dairyman to cut corn planting from 55 acres to 43 acres. Wet soils and weed spread halt work, and replanting looms as a costly step.
Hay Farmer Delays Cutting Amid Wet Weather
A farmer planned hay cutting around June 15 but delays due to wet conditions. He has only cut 300 bales so far instead of 8,000 and cattle are affected by mud in the barnyard. Prices for New England produce are expected to rise this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Daigle
New England
Flood Warnings Canceled In New England
The National Weather Service canceled flood warnings for Connecticut the Berkshires the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts southwestern Vermont and the lower Connecticut Valley of Vermont. Scattered showers were expected today with clearing by evening.
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Boston
New England
National Weather Service
The
Weather Service
Connecticut
Berkshires
Connecticut Valley
Massachusetts
Vermont
Biddeford High Band Heads to Vinalhaven for July 4 Event
Biddeford High School band members and chaperones travel Tuesday to Rockland to board a ferry for Vinalhaven to participate in the island celebration. They will perform a concert in Rockland on the return, after a brief planned invitation to the Rockland event. Assembly is set for 5 a.m. at the high school with an expected return around 6 p.m.
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Biddeford High School
Rockland
Vinalhaven
Strawbery Banke Opens Fourth Summer Of Chamber Music
Portsmouth New Hampshire begins its weekend festival with the Strawbery Banke Chamber Music Festival marking its fourth consecutive summer season. Free concerts run July 1 to August 27 at 8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in the South Meeting House featuring Haydn, Kodaly, and Beethoven works. John Bray's The Tooth Ache premieres July 1 with daily matinees through Labor Day and special Wednesday schedules.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Strawbery Banke
South Meeting House
Haydn
Kodaly
John Bray
Daley Delegation and Poole Report Clash Over Chicago Delegates
Hearing examiner Cecil F. Poole found Chicago Democrats violated most delegate selection rules. Of 59 Daley delegates, 12 were black, eight under 35, and six women, with many tied to the Daley organization. Daley lawyer Jerome Torshen defended the delegation as elected by 900,000 voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daley
Credentials Committee
Cecil F. Poole
Chicago Democratic Organization
Reform Commission
McGovern
Poole
Chicago
Wayne W. Whalen
Jerome Torshen
Illinois
Protestants tear down barricades in Northern Ireland clashes
Protestants dismantled three barricades in Londonderry as they defend their Bogside and Creggan strongholds in a no go area. Barricades also rose in Belfast, Bangor, Ballymena and Lisburn with police reporting dozens of vehicles commandeered for roadblocks. Ulster defense units formed behind uniformed bands at Protestant rallies. Londonderry remained quiet with no new barriers.
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the Ira
Creggan
Londonderry
Belfast
Bangor
Ballymena
Lisburn
Ulster Defense Units
Northern Ireland
Moths spread prompts travel rules across New England states
Rhode Island and federal officials warn gypsy moths are at their worst in the region. Measures curb movement of campers and motor homes from infested areas while aerial spraying in Connecticut is greatly reduced due to new permit rules. Officials note declines in defoliation in New Hampshire and Vermont due to parasites and disease. Transit inspection stations are planned in Maine to track carriers like campers and mobile homes without broad searches.
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USDA
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection
Alfred Avery
New Hampshire
Granite State
Vermont
Bangor
Calais
Maine
Lafleur
Gullion
Recreation program details for four Saco areas
Activities schedule lists arts and crafts for children and adults, games, junior and senior basketball leagues, tennis, swimming lessons, lifeguard service, street hockey, and daily drills at Sweetser Young Camp Ellis and Fairfield locations. Registration runs Monday to Friday with a full lineup of planned events and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
Sweetser
Young
Camp Ellis
Fairfield
Congress sends 20 percent Social Security boost to Nixon
Washington AP says Congress ignored veto warnings and sent the 20 percent benefit raise to President Nixon who planned a two week trip to San Clemente California. Beirut AP reports Yemen and United States agreeing to resume diplomatic relations after a five year rupture per a Yemeni Embassy spokesman.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Beirut
Yemen
United States
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Methodist Youth Fellowship of the West Methodist Church
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St. Andre's
Ellsberg-Russo
Associated Press
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Southgate Ave
Hicles
Saccomtras
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